Big Paul

OK what zero were the 2 scopes both the same ? what pellets were used a heavy .177 and a lighter .22 or a heavy .22 and lighter .177 ? I know a .177 is flatter fact but in the army I shot out to distances where no matter what you used you would need to dial it in , so the .22 does not bother me , I shoot 100metres at targets with my 100 and get fookin good groupings , no worry about the drop. The centre of the lower .177 would be a none kill any way at 45 yards , the difference from centre of the .22 and centre of the .177 is an inch all there abouts , at 45 yards , come on don't believ

The ONLY advantage of .177 over .22 is that the .177's cost less than the equivalent number of pellets in .22 Tony .177 is flatter than .22 but you have to make sure you place every shot correctly , a .22 is no less accurate to shoot than .177 just needs more practice but does hit harder , as for the target boys if i started winning all the time with a straw shooting plastic BB's then they all would be using one by next year I shoot .22 originally cause I found loading .177 pellets in my spring gun was awkward especially in the cold but now i shoot PCP i still use .2

PS rain snow night or day I go out there, summer winter , air gun shotgun trap or ferret , fox to moles I go out there.

There is not an unlimited amount of land just waiting for a good shooter to come clear. If you work out the number of folk that wish to hunt rabbits or whatever in the many ways they do, divide the total huntable acreage of this country by that number, then you would probably get a shocking figure. There is not always more land, with more quarry just waiting for you. As a result, many folk want to do a good job, but also keep enough about to ensure they can come back to that land. As for 'invasive, non native' - so are most of our quarry, and lets face it, we are VERY lucky that they have

Went out last night and got 5 rabbits in 1 hour , good times are back

The HW 100 is up there with the best 100metre groupings of well under a half inch are easily achieved , its near silent , the mag system is the best out there , the cocking is the best out there ,the filling up of air is the best out there , the manometer is the best out there , its self regulating , its small its all you need to all your shooting requirements , you get two mags and a silencer supplied. HELL YEAH 'BIG PAUL' HW100 FOR LIFE AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOL

The HW 100 is up there with the best 100metre groupings of well under a half inch are easily achieved , its near silent , the mag system is the best out there , the cocking is the best out there ,the filling up of air is the best out there , the manometer is the best out there , its self regulating , its small its all you need to all your shooting requirements , you get two mags and a silencer supplied.

snap as well !

This is because target is a flat plate yes ? I have shot my 100 at over 100 yards into a wooden target and it hits with good impact surprisingly so (its .22) also a very good grouping , my lads .177 at same distance (s400) seems not to hit as hard at this range at same target we both use falcon pellets , lubed. Is this not something to do with the zerod distance on the .22 ? I can only comment on my own findings. Also both guns are close on 11.5 power wise my .22 slightly more so than the .177.

The HW100 better magazine system 2 of which are supplied and sits low in the gun so mounting a scope is not an issue , loading system is probably better than any other gun out there and fast to re load, silencer included in the price which again is a damn good one , but less shots (although plenty for hunting) all this and for a lot less than a ranger about £300 , yesterday I shot 14 pellets in about a 1'' grouping at over 100 yards , so its accuracy is not in doubt , standing shots are easy with it to , in karbine format its great for hide shooting or out of 4x4's , get the HW and with the m

BSA Lightning is not a bad gun to start with , cheap second hand and tune up nice

Thats it now you better buy some more pellets , to keep up with the amount of times your gonna be shooting

For all round hunting (hide / out of a vehicle / stalking etc) the Karbine wont be beaten , if HFT or FT then maybe the full rifle in new bull barrel because more shot count with the longer rifle, but these guns are as good as it gets , when you think Daystate are charging double for an airwolf that may have more bells and whistles , but it wont out handle or out shoot a 100 in any guise on par maybe but it aint gonna out shoot it.

At the moment in our area there seems to be a shortage of Rabbits , before x mass saw them every where on my land at the side of roads lots of road kill on roundabouts in parks etc etc , talking to guys all over my area who shoot or ferret even the lurcher guys , all saying the same not many bunnies about at moment , is this the same anywhere else in the country ?

I'm within 1 mill dot of my cross hair at up to 46 yards in .22 zero set at 30 yards , in .177 using the same pellet manufacturer and pellet model and zero both lubed I'm within 1 mill dot of the cross hairs at 55 yards where as my .22 would be 1.5 mill dots , so if you can deal with range estimation there should be no problem what pellet size you shoot. Even out to silly ranges say 70 yards its just over 1.5 mil dots for my .177 and just over 3 mill dots for my .22 so the drop on my .22 is double I guess at 70 yards.